Hey Charles, it doesn't matter if you are one of the younger ones or one of the older ones, all homers/orphans are welcome. I am one of the older ones, although some are older than me. Things were... more

Hey Girl!! Its Amanda Dieringer, you lived with us at Dorothy right? I was roomies with Patricia. I heard Brezzi Rose Had a baby a while back but don't know how to get ahold of her. email me at:... more

What is up? Does anyone remember that guy that took his life in Fonderin? That was so crazy. After that everytime we went in there we just knew it was haunted. We'd lock ppl. in the closets and... more

I am coming to the homecoming this weekend for the first time and look forward to meeting old friends / Alumni. E-mail me at AttawayGym@gmail.com if we know / you may think we know each other. Some... more

Hey Eddie, this is the second post. I remember all of the names you listed. Kenneth Rooks was autistic & yeah he did get picked on a lot, I remember him from Williams. Mr. Smelsor & his razor strap,... more

Hi Scott, this is Jeannette cosmi joe attaway daughter. he does have a brother name Eddie & billy. My day wanted me to ask u if U stayed in one of the dorm with him. The first one was herited merited ... more

In response to the girl in the red dress...i had never even heard of that and when i was living in harry merideth i saw her in my room. (The biggest room on the left side of the house) Nobody really... more

I lived in Harry Merdith for about 3 years and i don't recall any girl in a red dress walking around of course we were the roudiest bunch on campus so thats probly why no ghost wanted to hang out in... more

Hey John, how r u? It's been a long time. Good to see ur still around. Talk to anyone lately from our time? Send me an email and let me know what you've been up to all these years and how life has... more

Now I lived in Harry Merideth for a very very long time...As well as all the other assorted Homeunits at one time or another. (Very rare, I think to get bounced around like that) I never once saw... more

Kaleb Bishrat was a very special person and I think about him alot. He was the first person to be nice to me when I first arrived at MCH. His death was very hard on all the seniors of Dorothy- they... more

Before you got there, there had been lots of structure, way too much actually. I left way before Fondren was built, although I had met Mrs. Fondren several times. When I was there, there were no... more

Our wahing machines always mysteriously stopped and lifted up the top and open the dryer doors. One time we left the tv on and we came back too a white fuzzy screen with the volume turned all the way ... more

Hello! My name is Greg and I do remember the tragedy when Kalabe took his own life there. I'm not sure if you remember but a little after that they moved the pit to the basement of Fonderin. I was... more

Lol...I am sorry guys but was this post for real?Ok and what year did this kid do away with hiself in fondren?We didnt seem to have any problems with people leaving stuff behind or any ghost that i... more

I had no idea about ghosts in the homeunits! I was already a scared girl living in a new place at 16 and I had enough ghosts of my own to deal with if you know what I mean. I would have fainted if I... more

Hey Amanda I was at mch 99-02 If you want you can email me sometime....sweetbfly22@yahoo.com...I have lots of stories to share! And no my kids will never "go on walks" haha. Anyway i hope to hear... more

You are right Kristina, everyone here has pulled together and found people from their generations of a few years ago. We are missing a huge portion of our generation. Namely the mid to late 80's on... more

I remember you. I don't know if you will remember me by name. I just recently found this website. How have you been? Are you in touch with anyone else from our time? I would love to reconnect with... more

I graduated in '85, and we only had about 15 kids. I was there summer 83-may 85, and those 3 classes 84,85 and 86 are definitely the least represented here. A lot of us were, for lack of a better... more

It really does seem like the ones from when I was there are not here. What could have happened? I guess alot of us got caught up in life and just never thought of looking into the past till now. I... more

It sometimes takes a while before you realize that a certain part of your life will not go away. It took me fifteen years to realize that. I had no idea that there was such a place on the internet... more

It took me a long time to find this site on the internet actually i didnt know there was such a site.Me and Scott found each other on classmates and he told me about this site.Wow i am glad he did.So ... more

Shirley I love you too and I can not wait to talk to you and catch up OMG I have been thinking about you all these years and I have searched for you like the past 5 or 6 years. Yay I am so glad you... more

Hi there Amy. I may be able to help. Have you located Shirley yet? She went to school with me in Denison, TX. for a while. I will call a few friends that are on the City Council who went to school... more

The 80s did rule and always will, from parachute pants, break-dancing, to loud colors and Van Halen (when david was still lead). This era will always hold a special place in my heart and "The Home"... more

Now you took that too seriously. I am sorry. There are a few Alumni from your time listed. Look on the website. Alos, a lot of children who come to the home had situations that they had to deal with... more

Did they really used to have cars on campus for yall to use? Someone told me that when i was there and i couldnt beleive it.That wouldve been awsome..but i know if they let me get hold of a car while ... more

Yes there were 2 cars on campus for us to use. We had a person to give us lessons on how to drive. I remember the 1st time I was given the car I went out to lake waco and wrecked it......it was also... more

Hi Lisa, I think so.......refresh my memeory. You know with age comes forgetfullness.......:0. Sharon and I live in Sacramento and have everyone is doing find. Where are you and what have you been up ... more

Way back when I was there, there were cars & school busses & a couple of pickups that were used on the farm. Yes MCH had a farm then & a ranch. The older boys could drive the pickups but only to run... more

Yes, we could "check out" the cars for Fri. nights, Sat. afternoon or evening and Sunday afternoon. Of course they were just generic K-cars, but we sure did drive them. They also put us through... more

When I was in Independent (ST & Doss) we had two cars. One for the girls and one for the guys house (Harry Marideth). We got to use the cars for dates, grocery shopping, or whatever. We were not... more

I was in independent in 92. The rules were the same on the van. I took my driving test in one of those vans and the brakes went out and I wrecked. I was so scared it was my fault and come to find out ... more

Lol that is crazy...yea once when i snuck off campus we got picked up by the police and had to spend the day in juvi...just to end up right back at the home...5 days of restriction in my room, i... more

We all lived in Harry Merideth in the 80's and 90's. I believe that in the mid to late 90's they turned it into a female home unit. When we were there, we were the "bad" boys of the home. HM was the... more

Its kind of great seeing people i knew post on here.Like Chris Davis,James Pike,Scott,But im sure nobody really remebers me cause i wasnt one of the real pretty popular girls.I was shy and quiet... more

Hey I guess there's not anyone else on here that I know...And that was a crazy night I fell off the cliff that night lol...ME you & Debra somthing or another..... We got into alot of trouble together ... more

did you find our buckets we used to make corn wiskey back behind the fence of harry merdith? I'm sure we forgot a lot of stuff there that we had to hide.I'm just glad we had cool home parents because ... more

John and Scott do ya'll remember me? John, you broke me out. Remember Liz? Have you heard from crow? How about Michael? How is everyone? I am still in Houston. Where you never wanted to go. Get in... more

I never got to check it out but we had a "K" car that they would let us check out for car "dates". I think the rule was that you just had to make sure it was clean and fueled when you brought it back ... more

Yep. It was a huge old ugly car. One girl in Daisy had it a couple of times. She was a year or two older than I and was dating a cowboy on campus. Do you know who I am talking about Scottie? If I see ... more

People back since I don't know how long all ways took the cars where they weren't suppose to and some even did go drinking. I guess it was the ones that got caught that caused others not to have the... more

thrashers? no never heard...when i was in harry merideth for 2 years it was structured care..we had staff on shifts no home parents...then i was in perkins for a year and i had the millers and the... more

Hey girlie you must not get on much anymore...I'm just wondering where you are at now and how things are going...I have 2 kids now 1 is 3 the other is 1 month. Life is great I'm married (going on 2... more

Hey girl. Geez everyone is married and has kiddos now...cept for me i guess. I live in Arlington now and work at a law firm and im bankruptcy specialist/acct manager. I live with my gf kim...weve... more